The Republicans lost their way. If you think they haven't found it next time, by all means, go Libertarian. But give em a chance if they can pull it together! :)"
Fair enough.
The Republicans have two years to regain the trust they so thoughtlessly betrayed.
And for God's sake, please tell those idiots who use the term "Liberdopian" to shut the hell up.
They are an asset to the Democrats and a liability to the Republicans. Get rid of them.
And thanks for addressing me as a fellow human being.
That alone can go a long way toward gaining my trust -- and my vote. :^)
The people around here are reeling and probably are looking at the couple of senate seats we could have had if it weren't for the Libertarians. That's not to excuse their behavior, but more to explain it. There's no reason to be calling names, especially 'Liberdopian', which is not only lame, but doesn't describe any Libertarian I know. (Personally, I have many issues with the Libertarian philosophy, but that's for another day and certainly isn't anything I'd call anyone names over)
Those people calling names are still blaming 'the people' for the problem, rather than looking inward. They look at the vote tallies and say 'If that Libertarian wasn't there, we'd have won', instead of saying, 'What did we do wrong that people wanted to vote for the Libertarian instead?'
That's a very short sighted way of looking at things, more akin to the way that many people at DU look at things. It is also a stage of the shock that one goes through when something like this election occurs. I went through it too...blamed the media, blamed the people, blamed my dog, yelled at the wife, and then took a step back and looked at what the bigger picture was.
Those folks just haven't seen the bigger picture. I can't promise that the Republicans will be able to see the big picture, but I'm hoping that they do and I'm personally going to try and do everything I can to get them to see it.
I'm hoping they will, but I'm just a hopeless optimist. :)
Modern republicans are often too fiscally liberal for my taste too, Majic. That is why I am a registered libertarian, who also crosses party lines and votes republican when appropriate.
Republicans could win me over as a convert if they started acting like Reagan republicans rather than Bush I or Bush II neocons.
I hope that they get a clue. The base stayed home because they are utterly disenchanted with the liberalness and corruption of the modern republican party.